Front-end Software Engineer

Please note: Smarkets is unable to offer work sponsorship for this role and all candidates must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.

Smarkets is a Python and Erlang technology company based in central London, Malta and now Los Angeles. We've built one of the world's largest event exchange, also known as a prediction market, with significantly better prices than the competition. Our strength is technology and trading with a passion is to push the known boundaries of real-time financial technology.

We're a growing tech-led team of over 100, boasting more than 30 nationalities, and our platform has handled over £3 billion of bets since launching in 2010, allowing us to become one of the most profitable companies per employee in Europe.

Smarkets prides itself on collecting individuals seeking challenges, and our team members' experiences show this. Come join former financial and adtech engineers, researchers, scientists, and PhDs at one of the most dynamic workforces in Europe.

Frontend team

We're building a responsive front end to facilitate reliable and low-latency trading with thousands of executions per second and in-depth data feeds to help create informed decisions. We deploy multiple times a day to keep production and master in tight sync.

Responsibilities

Write clean, modular and testable code with consistent code style.

Develop web and mobile product applications.

Define your own role within the context of self-management (we'll help you get settled)

Requirements

Strong command over HTML, CSS, JS and understanding of the best practices

Knowledge of latest Javascript technologies, how they interact with DOM

Familiarity with REST APIs, Websockets.

You have used the latest web stacks or libraries such as React, Angular, LESS, SASS

You have a proven track record of writing performant code with user accessibility front of mind

You have written responsive and adaptive code to enable mobile web experiences

Bonus

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Comfortable in a Linux environment

Experience of working with React Native / mobile apps.

UX Experience.

Perks

Self-management structure similar to Valve

Generous vacation policy

100% employer paid health insurance

Flexible work environment

Free lunch, social events and parties on a frequent basis

Downtown LA office very close to the metro

Compensation Guidance

Salary determined by peer review and dependent on experience. Stock options, and other benefits for qualified candidates.

This is a full-time job based in Downtown LA.

Notes

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An Insider's view of Smarkets

What are some social events your company does?

We eat lunch together every day! It allows us time to socialize and grow closer as a team, eat great food, and play one of our many board games or activities in the office. At the end of every month we also have a happy hour to celebrate that month's accomplishments where the team and their friends and family can all join!

Amanda

Lead Recruiter

How does the company support your career growth?

At Smarkets the engineering teams have true ownership over their work. We are the main drivers behind all technical/product decisions and the added responsibility helps us become more well-rounded engineers.

Zach

Software Engineer

How do you make yourself accessible to the rest of the team?

I'm always available to our team of just over 100 employees, but since I launched the LA office, I get to work alongside a team of talented developers on a daily basis. It allows them to share ideas directly with me to influence the direction of the company and promotes an agile work environment.